OSP 1, 121 (P221627)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-255

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of fields)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  column missing
column 2
1'. [...]-bahar2#?-si
2'. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) du11-ga-ni
3'. 4(iku@c) en-edin!-ne2-si
4'. 1(bur3@c) la2 1(iku@c) ur-{d}en-lil2
5'. 1(esze3@c) lu-UN-da
6'. 1(esze3@c) 5(iku@c) en-edin!-si
  several lines missing
column 3
1'. [...]-UD
2'. 3(iku@c) a-zu-zu
3'. 3(iku@c) u3-mu-ni-zal
4'. 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-gurdub
5'. 2(iku@c) gu-ni-DU
6'. 1(iku@c) szesz-pa3-da
7'. 4(iku@c) nig2-du7-pa-e3
8'. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-abzu
  several lines missing
column 4
1'. [x] 2(bur3@c)#? [...]
2'. 1(bur3@c) {d}inanna-ur-sag
3'. 5(iku@c) dur-LUL
4'. 2(iku@c) ur-sag-utu
5'. szu-nigin2
6'. 1(bur'u@c) 6(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2
7'. sze-be6
8'. [x] 1(gesz2@c)#? 1(u@c) 2(barig@c) [lid2-ga]
  several lines missing
reverse
column 1
1'. [e2] ri-za-NE{ki}
2'. engar-be6
3'. 2(iku@c) ur-{d}en-lil2
4'. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) ad#?-kup4-e
5'. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) {d}en-lil2-la2-zi
6'. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-[...]
7'. 3(iku@c) [...]
  several lines missing
column 2
1'. 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ad-da-lul
2'. 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) u6-e
3'. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) lugal-a2-gur-ra
4'. 4(iku@c) da-da
5'. 2(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) sag-us2
6'. [x] 1(iku@c)#? mi-LU2@t-a
  several lines missing
column 3
1'. 3(iku@c) en#-uszur3-re2
2'. 1(esze3@c) lugal-sa-bar
3'. [x] 3(iku@c)#? da-da
4'. [x] 2(iku@c)#? lugal-[ur]-sag
  several lines missing

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OSP 1, 121

    [Westenholz1975OSP1] Westenholz, Aage. 1975. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 1: Literary and Lexical Texts and the Earliest Administrative Documents from Nippur. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 1. Malibu: Undena Publications.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-255
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-09-21 at 06:20:30 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:37 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2007-07-15 at 00:30:25 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2007-03-26 at 18:08:30 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OSP 1, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221627.
OSP 1, 121 artifact entry (No. P221627). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221627 (Original work published 2003)
OSP 1, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221627 (Accessed: January 17, 2025).
@misc{2023OSP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OSP 1, 121 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221627},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221627},
}


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